Ventilation is a Key Component for Healthy Indoor Air

Proper ventilation is essential to maintain good indoor air quality for you and your family in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and the surrounding areas. Modern homes and businesses often incorporate energy-efficient features that limit the amount of fresh air that enters the home or building naturally. A whole-home ventilation system installed by a company that offers professional HVAC services can often improve the quality of air inside your home or business premises.

Four Types of Home Ventilation Systems

The U.S. Department of Energy has identified four types of whole-home ventilation systems for home installations:

• Supply ventilation systems increase air pressure inside the home or building to force air out and draw fresh air in from the outdoors.
• Exhaust ventilation systems reverse the process to draw in cleaner outdoor air, which can reduce the concentration of particulates and pollutants in your indoor environments. This results in depressurization of indoor air to a slight degree.
• Balanced ventilation systems operate by taking in fresh air and venting indoor air to maintain a relatively steady indoor pressure level. This can help to maintain proper ventilation without any of the negative effects of pressure differentials.
• Energy recovery ventilation systems are designed specifically to provide proper ventilation while reducing the impact of these indoor air quality solutions on heating and cooling costs.

Your local provider of professional HVAC services can provide you with recommendations on improving indoor air quality inside your Buffalo Grove home.

Proper Ventilation at Work

In the working environment, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recommends the use of ventilators to reduce concentrations of dangerous chemicals or to improve overall indoor air quality for your facilities. Commercial ventilation systems can produce real and measurable improvements in the quality of air inside commercial and industrial buildings in our area.

At Assurance Heating & Air Conditioning, our NATE-certified technicians can provide you with expert repairs, installations, and upgrades for home and commercial HVAC systems in our area. If you are looking for indoor air quality solutions in Buffalo Grove or the surrounding areas in Illinois, give our team a call today. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you.